Johnson & Johnson Shampoo Contains Chemicals

Would You Use Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo?

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The family company known for its "no more tears" shampoo has been asked by 40 parent, healthcare, and environmental organizations to remove known chemicals from its products by the end of the year. One report said:

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported in March that it found Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo and other children's products contained formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, both of which have been found to cause cancer in animals and listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as probable human carcinogens.

A Johnson & Johnson representative said the trace levels were considered safe by some regulatory agencies. Would you take a chance using this on your babe?

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And it's quite true, everything is chemicals, even "nature-based" products. Your body is made up of chemicals. The point is to find products that don't contain chemicals that are known carcinogens. There are fewer of them in "natural" products, but you still have to read the label carefully. Lots of companies slap "natural" or "organic" on the front of their labels but you have to read the rest to find out which parts are actually natural or organic, if the entire product isn't.

I don't use their products anyway. I use Kiehl's baby soap/shampoo, Baby Silk products (wipes, lotion), and a few Burt's Bees products.
It's not as easy as it sounds though, to "Just remove some chemicals." If the chemicals are in there, they are there for a reason, and to remove them means J&J has to reformulate their product, one they've been selling for a very long time. It takes a long time to bring a product to market: formulate it, test it, etc.

I'm at a loss here - I used it growing up and I feel fine. I've used their products since the first day my daughter was born. Now I feel guilty for what I may have exposed her to, but still trust it since it's been around and used by so many.

I think it's SO FUNNY that people say "oh, chemicals are AWFUL!"
Guess what? EVERYTHING has chemicals in it !
Question: What Is a Chemical?
Answer: Short answer: Everything is a chemical. Longer answer: Chemistry is the study of matter and its interactions with other matter. Anything made of matter is therefore a chemical. Any liquid, solid, gas. Any pure substance; any mixture. Water is a chemical. Technically speaking, so is a chunk of your computer. A chemical can often be broken down into components, as is true with your computer. However, people generally use the term 'chemical' to refer to a substance that appears homogeneous or the same throughout its structure.

Wow my family grew up using J& J all of us, my neices as well. I can't really imagine using something else as we are all healthy. Also it says they are proabable human carcinogens not definetly. And newsflash most products contain things that do pose some risk.

Nope. I do not have any children however someday when the time comes, I will only use natural, organic products. Natural sources are the safest way to go. Why use chemical based products on children? It puzzles me.

LilSugar, you might enjoy www.stats.org. According George Mason University, the study that came to this conclusion was from an activist organization and not properly peer reviewed. Fermeldehyde occurs naturally in some fruits and veggies. "Chemicals" occur in nature and are not always dangerous. Banning all of them from our lives is not realistic nor safe. Our babies need chemicals to keep them well (medicine), safe (carseat plastics), and clean (shampoo!). I don't understand why just the mention of "Chemical" is so disturbing. Here's the relevant article--http://www.stats.org/stories/2009/baby_bath_cancer_mar13_09.html

I love comments like the give me a break one? are you serious?? when my mother used the product it wasn't know that it had chemicals. Just like when cigarettes came out people didn't know how harmful it really was. Maybe you are okay now, but the long term we dont know and maybe you didnt get sick but some kids did.
maybe i am overprotected but I have lost a child and i will do anything to prevent if I can my daughter from suffering